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Renewable Energies and European Landscapes pp 3–24Cite as

Emerging Renewable Energy Landscapes in Southern European Countries

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We explore the process of emergence of renewable energy landscapes in various countries in southern Europe, focusing on the tensions this has caused, on the role of the institutional settings in the different countries and on evolving landscape values and approaches. We present a thorough analysis of the heterogeneous and multidimensional process of construction of energy landscapes and explore the different kinds of energy landscape emerging today. We then explain the structure of the book and conclude by setting out some of the challenges ahead for renewable energy planning.

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    While increasing the overall EU target to 35 % of EU final energy consumption, this document does not allocate mandatory targets.

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    Research supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CSO2011-23670).

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  1. Dpto. Análisis Geográfico Regional y Geografía Física, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja s/n. 18071, Granada, Spain

    Marina Frolova

  2. University of Sevilla, María de Padilla s/n, 41004, Sevilla, Spain

    María-José Prados

  3. CIRED-CNRS (Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement), 45 bis, avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, F-94736, Nogent-sur-Marne CEDEX, France

    Alain Nadaï

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Frolova, M., Prados, MJ., Nadaï, A. (2015). Emerging Renewable Energy Landscapes in Southern European Countries. In: Frolova, M., Prados, MJ., Nadaï, A. (eds) Renewable Energies and European Landscapes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9843-3_1

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